Hekate The Witch Quotes

It seemed to me that anything unpredictable was named dangerous by gods and men alike. But the word unpredictable seemed reserved for women alone. A woman they cannot control, whether goddess or mortal, is a dangerous woman.

A woman they cannot control, whether Goddess or mortal, is a dangerous woman.

A mother's love is many things, but most of all it is ancient, and it is destructive to anything and anyone that stands between her and her child.

There is no difference between Gods and monsters, child. Each in their own way wields their power to terrorize.

In antiquity, Hekate was loved and revered as the goddess of the dark moon. People looked to her as a guardian against unseen dangers and spiritual foes. All was well until Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kidnapped by Hades and ordered to live in the underworld for three months each year. Persephone was afraid to make the journey down to the land of the dead alone, so year after year Hekate lovingly guided her through the dark passageway and back. Over time Hekate became known as Persephone's attendant. But because Persephone was also the queen of the lower world, who ruled over the dead with her husband, Hades, Hekate's role as a guardian goddess soon became twisted and distorted until she was known as the evil witch goddess who stalked the night, looking for innocent people to bewitch and carry off to the underworld. Today few know the great goddess Hekate. Those who do are blessed with her compassion for a soul lost in the realm of evil. Some are given a key.

Is that all aging is? Leaving things you knew and once loved behind to become something brand-new?

The Day I Was Born The universe was on fire.

But sometimes we tell ourselves the most beautiful lies just to survive the terrible things that we are living through

As the daughter of Perses and Asteria, Hecate (Hekate) was the only of the Titans to remain free under Zeus. She was the mother of the wizard Circe and of the witch Medea, and was considered to be the underworld sorceress of all that is demonic.

No wonder this palace never felt as though it was home. It was built of guilt and betrayals so large they could not be forgiven.

she transformed herself into an island, full of birds and trees, a place where no God can go without her permission.

Asphdoel taught me that the Gods might be eternal but mortals have the very best of stories.

You forget your place,' he growled at me. I should have been afraid, but his words made me laugh. 'I have never had a place. What do you think it is that gives me my courage?' He turned away from me.

Has someone ever changed your existence with just a few words?

A woman they cannot control, whether Goddess or mortal, is a dangerous woman

As she held me in her arms we watched a silver shower rain across the midnight sky behind the blazing fire of a ten-thousand-year-old war. She told me the stars fell because she had granted a thousand wished in my name.

Children born in wars are made of a different kind of clay. We become used to the din. We grow used to the collapse of crumbling buildings and fire and develop a compassion for broken things. How can we not when we know nothing else?

I was starting to feel as though my entire existence was a threat. Perhaps this was what womanhood was.

But sometimes we tell ourselves the most beautiful lies just to survive the terrible things that we are living through.

All things have a purpose. Not every purpose is good